300 Russian soldiers sent to Lysychansk hospital, Luhansk region, in first week of year - General Staff

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this on January 9.

In addition, according to the General Staff, the so-called prosecutor's office of the occupation authorities started work on the 'nationalization' of local enterprises in the settlement of Nyzhni Sirohozy, Kherson region, on January 9.

During the day, Ukrainian aviation launched 17 strikes on Russian military positions and 3 strikes on air defense positions

In addition, units of missile troops and artillery hit one control point and one concentration area of ​​the occupying forces.

During the day, the Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kharkiv and shelled the territory of Ukraine 10 times with multiple launch rocket systems

The enemy launched a missile attack on Kharkiv. The civilian infrastructure of Donetsk, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions also came under fire.

The situation in the main directions is as follows:

• In the northeastern Ukrainian border in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian troops' positions and civilian objects in the areas of the settlements of Buchka, Starykova, Shalyhine, Volfyne, Basivka, Strilecha, Zelene, Ambarne, and Hatyshche. 

• In the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, the enemy shelled the areas of 16 settlements with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery. Among them are Dvorichna, Kupiansk, Kislivka, Kotliarivka, Krokhmalne, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploshanka, and Dibrova. 

• In the Bakhmut direction of the Donetsk region, more than 15 settlements were hit by fire. In particular, Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Soledar, and Bakhmut. 

• In the Avdiivka direction of the Donetsk region, enemy fire was detected near Avdiivka, Vesele, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, and Novomykhailivka. 

• In the Vuhledar direction of the Donetsk region, Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, and Vuhledar were shelled.

• In the Zaporizhzhia direction, areas of 13 settlements were affected by fire.  Among them are Zelene Pole, Novopillia, Huliaipole, Charivne, Shcherbaky, and Stepove. 

• In the Kherson direction, the civilian infrastructure of Chornobaivka, Antonivka, Kherson, and Zolota Balka was damaged by artillery shelling.  There are casualties among civilians.

On the morning of January 9, Russian forces fired a rocket at a local market in the village of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region. Two women were killed, and six more civilians were injured.